
Whittier, CA California 90605
When you require your chimney swept, we are here and prepared to assist! We provide a wide range of chimney services including sweeping, maintenance, and repairs. Just give us a call and we can help with your chimney needs!
Customer satisfaction is our main priority. We proudly provide great response times and high quality services for all our chimney sweeping customers.
A chimney sweep will do a comprehensive chimney cleaning to remove any kind of deposits, residue, creosote, and obstructions from the chimney. Filthy, damaged deteriorating, and blocked chimneys trigger injuries as well as fires each year. If you use you fireplace or wood burning stove, the National Fire Protection Association advises having your chimney inspected and swept every year in order to prevent fires.
A chimney service professional will carry out a full cleaning of your chimney. Cleaning logs are really ineffective and also are not suggested. They will not get all the soot and creosote buildup out of the chimney like hand cleaning.
To start, a cleaning technician will shield the inside of your residence by spreading tarps over the space, floor, as well as fireplace. They will cover the fireplace with plastic sheeting, putting an industrial vacuum cleaner hose right into the fireplace, and will then tape and seal off the fire place. They'll attach extension hose pipes and run them to the industrial vacuum cleaner with a fine micron filter which sits outside. This will catch the fine residue, creosote, and other dirt later on.
Next, they will brush the entire chimney with hand held brushes, and also brushes with extension poles. Typically they will start on top of the chimney and work downward, meticulously brushing all the surface areas. Your chimney sweep will clean the flue, the damper, the smoke chamber, the smoke shelf, and the firebox.
They will then peel back a little area of the vinyl sheet and use a variety of brushes inside. Following this, everything will be vacuumed as well as cleaned up. The vinyl sheet and tarps will be relocated outside, cleared off and put away.
Our professional chimney experts supply a full variety of services including sweeping. We give quick as well as trustworthy service.
Creosote is a brownish, oily, tar-like material which forms from burning wood or coal. It begins as a loose, feathery accumulation which at first can be brushed away easily. As it accumulates more, it comes to be tar-like, and is harder to remove, sometimes requiring the use of scrapers to remove it. If left uncleaned, and more layers develop, the creosote hardens.
When a fire is burned in the fire place or wood stove, the smoke becomes really hot. Hardened creosote can begin to drip as well as melt like wax. When the build up of creosote is very heavy, it limits the airflow through the chimney flue. The restricted air flow causes creosote to accumulate even faster.
Creosote is hazardous in a number of various ways. It's toxic and hazardous for your health and wellness, and it places your house at risk of fires.
Creosote build up creates lessened airflow and this can permit carbon monoxide gas to develop inside your home while a fire is burning. Carbon monoxide gas is an odorless and also colorless gas which can trigger flu-like symptoms, and can even cause death.
Besides the carbon monoxide gas accumulation, creosote itself is toxic. It could trigger irritated skin and eyes, breathing issues, and is carcinogenic (cancer triggering).
The most hazardous aspect of creosote is that it is extremely combustible. It's the most common source of chimney fires. While chimneys are made to endure a high level of heat, the strength of a chimney fire can quickly surpass this degree.
Getting a chimney sweep performed is the best and most reliable means to get rid of creosote. Our licensed chimney service companies take terrific care of your chimney as well as your home. We suggest that you get your chimney cleaned and inspected at the very least annually in order to protect against fires and toxic build up.
Just how frequently a chimney ought to be cleaned depends of just how frequently you use it and what materials you burn inside. Gas burning fireplaces need to be examined every year. Although they burn cleaner, moisture, particles, fractures and various other issues can develop which can allow carbon monoxide gas to enter into the residence.
Oil burning flues should be cleaned yearly to keep soot from developing.
Due to the fact that wood burning fireplaces and stoves create even more soot and creosote, they need to be swept much more frequently. A good general rule is to have your chimney swept after a cord of wood has been burned inside.